Pittsburgh's Action News 4's Marcie Cipriani has the latest on the battle to keep the two suspects involved in the Backyard Ambush incident in Wilkinsburg behind bars.

Pittsburgh's Action News 4's Marcie Cipriani has the latest on the battle to keep the two suspects involved in the Backyard Ambush incident in Wilkinsburg behind bars.

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Updated: 5:42 PM EDT Jun 23, 2016

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WEBVTT THOMAS WAS ARRESTED TWO WEEKS LATER BOTH ON CHARGES UNRELATED TO THE AMBUSH. MARCIA CIPRIANI IS REPORTING FOR US. THEY WERE ABLE TO HOLD THE SUSPECTS ON DRUG CHARGES. REPORTER: YES, THAT WAS BEING QUESTIONED BY THEIR ATTORNEYS AS EARLY AS THIS WEEK AND THERE WAS TALK THAT THESE MEN MIGHT BE SET FREE. THAT ALL ENDED TODAY WITH HOMICIDE CHARGES. >> I KNOW HIM AS ROBERT I KNOW HIM AS A FATHER, QUIET AND MILD ERRED. REPORTER: ROBERT TOMORROW AS' ATTORNEY CASEY WHITE SAYS HIS CLIENT I THE KILLER PLACE ARE PORTRAYING. >> WE MAINTAIN HIS INNOCENCE ON THIS MATTER -PBLT . REPORTER: INVESTIGATORS ANNOUNCED TODAY THEY THAT PROOF THAT THEY ARE THE TWO RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MURDERS THAT TOOK SIX LIVES INCLUDING THAT OF AN UNBORN BABY DURING THE WILKINSBURG BACKYARD BARBECUE. ACCORDING TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY THE MEN WERE TARGETING LAMONT POWELL IN RETALIATION FOR A 2013 MURDER BUT POWELL SURVIVED THE BACKGROUND SHOOTING THAT KILLED MANY OF HIS FAMILY MEMBERS. POLICE SAY INMATES THAT THE JAIL TOLD DETECTIVES IN MARCH AND APRIL THAT BOTH SHELTON AND THOMAS CONFESSED TO THE MURDERS. THESE CHARGES COME NEARLY THREE MONTHS LATER AND JUST DAYS AFTER WHITE FILED A MOTION ASKING THAT THE DRUG CASE THOMAS WAS BEING HELD ON BE TOSSED OUT AND HIS CLIENT FREED. THE D.A. SAYS THAT MOTION HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE TIMING OF THESE CHARGES. >> I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO BE CONCERNED THAT SOMEBODY WHO IS CAPABLE OF COMMITTING TEES TYPES OF CRIMES ARE OUT ON THE STREETS BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT. REPORTER: THE D.A. SAYS THEY HAVE SURVEILLANCE AND OTHER WITNESSES THAT SEAL THEIR CASE. FOR WHITE THE CASE IS FAR FROM SOLID. >> NOW THAT WE HAVE SPECIFIC ALLEGATIONS FOR EXACTLY WHAT THE COMMONWEALTH TOOK PLACE WE'LL DIVE INTO THAT. REPORTER: THOMAS AND SHELTON REMAIN HERE AT THE ALLEGHENY COUNTY JAIL CHARGED WITH FIVE COUNTS OF HOMICIDE AND ONE COUNT OF HOMICIDE OF AN UNBORN CHILD, BAIL HAS BEEN DENIED.

Backyard Ambush charges: battle to keep suspects behind bars

Pittsburgh's Action News 4's Marcie Cipriani has the latest on the battle to keep the two suspects involved in the Backyard Ambush incident in Wilkinsburg behind bars.